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Facebook GroupTue, 26 Sep 2017 20:12:26 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.2Workplace, Facebook’s enterprise edition, snaps up Walmart as a customerhttp://facebookgroup.net/2017/09/26/workplace-facebooks-enterprise-edition-snaps-up-walmart-as-a-customer/
http://facebookgroup.net/2017/09/26/workplace-facebooks-enterprise-edition-snaps-up-walmart-as-a-customer/#respondTue, 26 Sep 2017 20:12:26 +0000http://facebookgroup.net/2017/09/26/workplace-facebooks-enterprise-edition-snaps-up-walmart-as-a-customer/ Workplace — Facebook’s bid to take on the Slack, Microsoft and the rest of the players in the market of business chat and collaboration — is getting a big push today by way of a significant customer win. The company has signed on Walmart, the retailing giant and the world’s biggest employer with 2.2 million … Continue reading "Workplace, Facebook’s enterprise edition, snaps up Walmart as a customer"

]]> Workplace — Facebook’s bid to take on the Slack, Microsoft and the rest of the players in the market of business chat and collaboration — is getting a big push today by way of a significant customer win. The company has signed on Walmart, the retailing giant and the world’s biggest employer with 2.2 million employees on its books. Walmart is rolling out Workplace to… Read More

]]> Mark Zuckerberg has gotten so rich that he can fund his philanthropic foundation and retain voting control without Facebook having to issue a proposed non-voting class of stock that faced shareholder resistance. Today Facebook announced that it’s withdrawn its plan to issue Class C no-vote stock and has resolved the shareholder lawsuit seeking to block the corporate governance overhaul. Read More

]]> HubSpot announced this morning that it has acquired chatbot startup Motion AI.
Motion AI launched in 2015 and offers an editor for building chatbots that work on websites, Facebook Messenger, SMS and Slack, no coding required. Even before the acquisition, the tool was already integrated into HubSpot Free CRM.
The entire Motion AI team, including founder and CEO David Nelson, will be joining… Read More

]]> Patreon upgrades content creation from a passion to a profession by paying artists 95% of subscription payments from fans instead of 55% of skimpy ad revenue like Facebook and YouTube. Now Patreon itself is getting paid with today’s official announcement of the big Series C funding round TechCrunch broke news of last week. Patreon has raised $60 million led by Chris Paik at Thrive… Read More

]]>http://facebookgroup.net/2017/09/19/subscription-art-crowdfunder-patreon-confirms-60m-fundraise/feed/0Report: Facebook gave special investigator Robert Mueller detailed info on Russian ad buyshttp://facebookgroup.net/2017/09/16/report-facebook-gave-special-investigator-robert-mueller-detailed-info-on-russian-ad-buys/
http://facebookgroup.net/2017/09/16/report-facebook-gave-special-investigator-robert-mueller-detailed-info-on-russian-ad-buys/#respondSat, 16 Sep 2017 15:17:08 +0000https://facebookgroup.net/2017/09/16/report-facebook-gave-special-investigator-robert-mueller-detailed-info-on-russian-ad-buys/ An official for Facebook told TechCrunch that the company is “continuing to cooperate with the relevant U.S. authorities,” as investigations into the Russian hack of last year’s presidential election continue to expand. In the latest development, authorities are now investigating how agents used online advertising on social networks and search platforms, and tech companies… Read … Continue reading "Report: Facebook gave special investigator Robert Mueller detailed info on Russian ad buys"

]]> An official for Facebook told TechCrunch that the company is “continuing to cooperate with the relevant U.S. authorities,” as investigations into the Russian hack of last year’s presidential election continue to expand. In the latest development, authorities are now investigating how agents used online advertising on social networks and search platforms, and tech companies… Read More

]]>http://facebookgroup.net/2017/09/16/report-facebook-gave-special-investigator-robert-mueller-detailed-info-on-russian-ad-buys/feed/0Europe says “all options on table” for taxing tech giantshttp://facebookgroup.net/2017/09/15/europe-says-all-options-on-table-for-taxing-tech-giants/
http://facebookgroup.net/2017/09/15/europe-says-all-options-on-table-for-taxing-tech-giants/#respondFri, 15 Sep 2017 15:06:45 +0000http://facebookgroup.net/2017/09/15/europe-says-all-options-on-table-for-taxing-tech-giants/ The European Commission is preparing a list of legal options on how to make digital multinationals such as Amazon, Facebook and Google pay more tax, Reuters reports. Read More

]]>http://facebookgroup.net/2017/09/15/europe-says-all-options-on-table-for-taxing-tech-giants/feed/0Facebook centralizes its crisis response tools in a new hub called Crisis Responsehttp://facebookgroup.net/2017/09/14/facebook-centralizes-its-crisis-response-tools-in-a-new-hub-called-crisis-response/
http://facebookgroup.net/2017/09/14/facebook-centralizes-its-crisis-response-tools-in-a-new-hub-called-crisis-response/#respondThu, 14 Sep 2017 14:27:28 +0000http://facebookgroup.net/2017/09/14/facebook-centralizes-its-crisis-response-tools-in-a-new-hub-called-crisis-response/ Facebook today is announcing a new feature called Crisis Response, designed to make it easier for people to find out more about recent crises and access various to tools to support recovery, including Safety Check, Community Help and Fundraisers. This trio of tools had previously existed – the difference is that all the resources will … Continue reading "Facebook centralizes its crisis response tools in a new hub called Crisis Response"

]]> Facebook today is announcing a new feature called Crisis Response, designed to make it easier for people to find out more about recent crises and access various to tools to support recovery, including Safety Check, Community Help and Fundraisers. This trio of tools had previously existed – the difference is that all the resources will now be located in a single place. The social network… Read More

]]>http://facebookgroup.net/2017/09/14/facebook-centralizes-its-crisis-response-tools-in-a-new-hub-called-crisis-response/feed/0Facebook tries its hand at group video chat with Bonfirehttp://facebookgroup.net/2017/09/13/facebook-tries-its-hand-at-group-video-chat-with-bonfire/
http://facebookgroup.net/2017/09/13/facebook-tries-its-hand-at-group-video-chat-with-bonfire/#respondWed, 13 Sep 2017 14:19:23 +0000http://facebookgroup.net/2017/09/13/facebook-tries-its-hand-at-group-video-chat-with-bonfire/ Facebook has been quietly testing a new group video chat app, called Bonfire, which allows up to eight friends to engage in conversation as well as use special effects, similar to those you’d find in apps like Instagram and Snapchat. The app was spotted in the wild in Denmark’s iOS App Store by The Next … Continue reading "Facebook tries its hand at group video chat with Bonfire"

]]> Facebook has been quietly testing a new group video chat app, called Bonfire, which allows up to eight friends to engage in conversation as well as use special effects, similar to those you’d find in apps like Instagram and Snapchat. The app was spotted in the wild in Denmark’s iOS App Store by The Next Web. The report also notes that when they tried to invite other users to join… Read More

]]>http://facebookgroup.net/2017/09/13/facebook-tries-its-hand-at-group-video-chat-with-bonfire/feed/0Facebook has pulled Instant Articles off Messengerhttp://facebookgroup.net/2017/09/12/facebook-has-pulled-instant-articles-off-messenger/
http://facebookgroup.net/2017/09/12/facebook-has-pulled-instant-articles-off-messenger/#respondTue, 12 Sep 2017 13:26:03 +0000http://facebookgroup.net/2017/09/12/facebook-has-pulled-instant-articles-off-messenger/ While Facebook prepares to offer readers a way to subscribe and pay for news directly from inside its app, the social network continues to tinker with how it presents publishers’ content elsewhere. In the latest development, TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that Facebook has removed Instant Articles — Facebook’s self-hosted, faster-loading article format for mobile… Read More

]]> While Facebook prepares to offer readers a way to subscribe and pay for news directly from inside its app, the social network continues to tinker with how it presents publishers’ content elsewhere. In the latest development, TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that Facebook has removed Instant Articles — Facebook’s self-hosted, faster-loading article format for mobile… Read More

]]>http://facebookgroup.net/2017/09/12/facebook-has-pulled-instant-articles-off-messenger/feed/0Facebook fined €1.2M for privacy violations in Spainhttp://facebookgroup.net/2017/09/11/facebook-fined-e1-2m-for-privacy-violations-in-spain/
http://facebookgroup.net/2017/09/11/facebook-fined-e1-2m-for-privacy-violations-in-spain/#respondMon, 11 Sep 2017 12:35:53 +0000http://facebookgroup.net/2017/09/11/facebook-fined-e1-2m-for-privacy-violations-in-spain/ Another privacy-related fine for Facebook in Europe: The Spanish data protection regulator has issued a €1.2M (~$1.4M) fine against the social media behemoth for a series of violations regarding its data-harvesting activities. Read More

]]> Another privacy-related fine for Facebook in Europe: The Spanish data protection regulator has issued a €1.2M (~$1.4M) fine against the social media behemoth for a series of violations regarding its data-harvesting activities. Read More